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Robert Russell, MD

Medical Director
CommuniCare Health Services
Lafayette, Indiana

Dr. Robert L. Russell, MD, MBA is an internal medicine and geriatric physician. He is currently Chief Medical Officer for Majestic Care and Bluegrass Consulting Group a multi state long term care provider. He is a post acute care specialist who has specialized in all aspect of long term care.

Dr. Russell is the former regional medical director for the Midwest for CommuniCare Healthcare. He is currently the chairman of the medical advisory committee for CICOA (Indiana’s largest Area Agency on Aging) and has been on the committee since its inception. He is a member of CICOA’s strategic planning committee and medical director of CICOA’s medical nutrition therapy program and a former two time president for the Indiana Medical Directors Association.

He is a member of PALTMED (formerly AMDA) and has served on numerous committees within the organization. He currently serves on the PALTMed Foundation and is a former Futures Fellow. He is former member of the executive board of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Indiana and completed 8 years as a board member. He is a Hospice Medical Director for Gentiva Hospice (formerly Kindred hospice). He is a 2022 graduate of the Kelley School of Business Physician MBA program. He is on the medical advisory board for Lilly and Neurocrine pharmaceutical companies and is on Neurocrine’s Delphi advisory board.

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